ALLEN GARDINER
ALLEN GARDINER
Years Active: 1884-1902
Vessel Type: 3-masted wooden Schooner
Three-Masted Schooner
Nationality: Falkland Islands
Sunk off East Falkland after striking rocks at Cape Bougainville in March 1902.
Main Use:
Coasting and Missionary support
Years Active:
1884-1902
Power:
Sail
Built:
1884
Size:
49.67 Gross & Net tons
24.78 x 4.88 x 2.16 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Port Glasgow, Scotland by Robert Rodger
Main Use: Coasting and Missionary support
Built: 1884
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Port Glasgow, Scotland by Robert Rodger
Size: 49.67 Gross & Net tons
Dimensions: 24.78 x 4.88 x 2.16 metres
Owned by the South American Missionary Society (SAMS), the ALLEN GARDINER arrived in Stanley on 6th February 1885. For the next 15 years she worked as a support ship for SAMS, operating mainly between the Keppel Island Mission, Stanley and ‘The Coast’ (Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile). She carried a variety of cargos and passengers – from wood to build the mission to South American natives to be converted to Christianity. Around October 1887 she was converted from a steamship to a three-masted schooner. In March 1894 she was damaged when she ran aground near Pebble Island. Six years later, in October 1900, it was reported she had been purchased by five men who used her for general coasting work around the Falklands. Her final voyage ended on 18th March 1902, when she sailed from Hill Cove on and ended up on rocks at Cape Bougainville. She sank, with just her masts showing above water. Her Certificate of Registry was Cancelled and the Registry closed on 2nd October 1906.
Owned by the South American Missionary Society (SAMS), the ALLEN GARDINER arrived in Stanley on 6th February 1885. For the next 15 years she worked as a support ship for SAMS, operating mainly between the Keppel Island Mission, Stanley and ‘The Coast’ (Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile). She carried a variety of cargos and passengers – from wood to build the mission to South American natives to be converted to Christianity. Around October 1887 she was converted from a steamship to a three-masted schooner. In March 1894 she was damaged when she ran aground near Pebble Island. Six years later, in October 1900, it was reported she had been purchased by five men who used her for general coasting work around the Falklands. Her final voyage ended on 18th March 1902, when she sailed from Hill Cove on and ended up on rocks at Cape Bougainville. She sank, with just her masts showing above water. Her Certificate of Registry was Cancelled and the Registry closed on 2nd October 1906.
